Writer. Educator. Artivist.
Diet culture is a colonized concept deeply rooted in racist, white-washed European standards. I refuse to erase, shrink, starve and hate my body for existing as it is. To do so would be to erase the very structure of my ancestral roots. To buy into the idea that I have to be less than to... Continue Reading →
Fake woke male/male-identifying individual (“guy”): A person who falsely claims to uphold the tenets of egalitarianism but whose ideology is rooted in the oppression of others. So many of us have been there. We get a dm/pm from someone who identifies as a feminist and addresses something you posted regarding womxn’s oppression or violence. Maybe... Continue Reading →
To name Selena is to create an unending mental list of descriptors. Strong, brilliant, sweet, carefree, humble, talented and savvy, she was a magnetic young Latina-Americana woman fighting the oppressive misogyny of Latin culture. She actively fought to make her own mark in society -not only as a singer, fashion designer and voice for young... Continue Reading →
Miscarriage is a distinct kind of heartbreak that cannot be defined. What do you do when you’ve miscarried a child you weren’t ready for? How do you get over the grief of a loss so profound, your heart can’t fathom it? And how do you consolidate two opposing emotions and console yourself through the pain?... Continue Reading →
My relationship with my period has always been…complicated. I will never forget the way kids laughed relentlessly at a friend’s birthday party when I bled through my white shorts at 11. I ran into the bathroom, praying to be sucked into the earth. The humiliation was horrifying. It wouldn’t be the last time my period came... Continue Reading →
L Torres 